Proposed Calif. Offshore Oil Drilling Faces Opposition

On Jan. 4, 2018, the DOI’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management proposed a five-year plan that would lift former President Barack Obama’s offshore drilling ban that attempted to push the nation toward clean, renewable sources of energy.

Transfer Student Alliance To Receive A.S. Resources With New BCU Status

The Transfer Student Alliance will now be able to use A.S. resources and collaborate with other BCUs on campus. They will also receive an advisor and a significant increase in funding.

Close Quarters With Clayton: What Does It Really Mean To Be a Gaucho?

In this first edition of Close Quarters With Clayton, Stench correspondent Clayton Alexander explores how the student body really feels about our mascot, chancellor and more.

UCSB Graduate Student Dies in Crash After Driving Wrong Way on Highway 101

While traveling at normal freeway speed, the victim’s 2012 Nissan Sentra collided with a concrete rail on the freeway median.

A.S. Senators Hesitate to Support Phone App For Reporting Sexual Assault

If the Senate passes the resolution, A.S. would establish a contract with Sprigeo for the service and “widely publicize” the app to incoming students as a way to report sexual assault on campus and in Isla Vista.

Sexual Assault Survivors Raise Frustrations Over ‘Unresolved’ Demands

The town hall addressed one of the demands that requires UC President Janet Napolitano to tour sexual assault and sexual violence town halls on UC campuses once a year.

In Photos: 33rd Santa Barbara International Film Festival

Celebrities and media flocked to the Arlington Theatre as the 33rd Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival hit the red carpet.

Land Ordinance Limits Marijuana Sales in I.V., UC Students Opposed

The Santa Barbara County Planning Commission passed a Cannabis Land Use Ordinance on Tuesday that creates a 750-foot buffer zone between medical marijuana dispensaries and areas with schools or daycare centers.

Naloxone Used in 9 Overdose Cases in SB County, 5 in I.V. Since April ’17

The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office has administered Narcan, an opioid overdose treatment, nine times since the start of its Naloxone Program in April 2017, five of which occurred in Isla Vista.

A.S. Senator Raises Money for Sister with Cancer Through Wristband Fundraiser

Associated Students Senator Jorge Santos’s life took a turn when his older sister and guardian of 14 years, Clara “Lery” Juarez, was diagnosed with stage 3 gastric cancer.